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smear, cytologic smear, cytosmear

n. a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

smear, vilification, malignment

n. slanderous defamation

blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain

n. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

smear

v. stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

daub, smear

v. cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"

smear, blur, smudge, smutch

v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch

v. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

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spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation

n. a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"

shame, disgrace, ignominy

n. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

contamination, taint

n. the state of being contaminated

streak

n. a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"

accusation, accusal

n. a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt

slur

n. (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato

blur, dim, slur

v. become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

dab, swab, swob

v. apply (usually a liquid) to a surface; "dab the wall with paint"

spread

v. cover by spreading something over; "spread the bread with cheese"

blot

v. dry (ink) with blotting paper

streak, blotch, mottle

v. mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire

v. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black

v. make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile

v. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

flaw, blemish

v. add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

obliterate, efface

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

obscure

v. reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

streak

v. move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky"

dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire

v. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

disparage, belittle, pick at

v. express a negative opinion of; "She disparaged her student's efforts"

discredit, disgrace

v. damage the reputation of; "This newspaper story discredits the politicians"

tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile

v. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

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gloss

v. give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

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